ROY KEANE knows his pre-season promotion ambitions are looking hollow as Ipswich suffered their worst start for 45 years.

But he has no regrets. After a late goal denied his side their first win, Keane said: “I don’t regret talking about promotion.

“Can you imagine if I had sat there and said I fancy us getting mid-table? I would not have been able to walk my dogs on any beach in Suffolk and rightly so.

“If that is a fault then I would rather have high expectations than no expectations.”

Keane was not expecting his former Manchester United team-mate Quinton Fortune to fire home from 30 yards for Doncaster’s equaliser six minutes from time – a feat that earned him a playful clip round the back of the head after the game.

“He was not too happy with me for doing that because we were good friends at United,” said Fortune. “But I am sure he will sort things out at Ipswich.”

Jack Colback and Tamas Priskin twice levelled to cancel out home goals from Waide Fairhurst and Martin Woods, and Lee Martin’s 79th-minute goal looked to have won it.

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